DiscussionComment on the paper “Lago Mare and the Messinian salinity crisis: Evidence from the Alboran Sea (S. Spain)” by Do Couto et al. (2014)

The stratigraphic and temporal framework of the sedimentary filling of the Messinian-Zanclean transition in Malaga basin is discussed. From this framework, the main features of an alternative model for the Lago-Mare event in the Mediterranean are outlined.